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Assistant News Director jobs are open across broadcast television, radio, digital news, and print media, at every level from associate producer to senior editorial leadership, with specializations in breaking news, investigative journalism, and digital-first content strategy. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Today, we are a growing multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. We are the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 117 full-power television markets that collectively reach approximately 37% of US television households. The portfolio includes 80 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first- and/or second-highest-rated television station in average all-day ratings across 116 of such markets that were measured by Nielsen in 2025. We also own the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 46 markets and Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Our additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.
About KWQC:
KWQC-TV6 is a dominant NBC affiliate, serving Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois as the Quad Cities' #1 station for news, information, and entertainment programming. KWQC has the most experienced team in the market. Our mission is to keep our viewers safe and informed while guiding them through the ever-evolving digital world. The Quad Cities area is located right on the Mississippi River, just 2.5 hours from Chicago, 2 hours from Des Moines, 4 hours from St. Louis, and 5.5 hours from Minneapolis/St. Paul.
Job Summary/Description:
KWQC is looking for a driven, focused leader who can help guide anchors, producers, and reporters as the next Assistant News Director. This role is for someone who wants to win. The successful candidate is someone with great editorial judgment, the ability to manage day-to-day newsroom operations, coach reporters, and help develop digital strategies. If your goal is to be a news director of the future, KWQC is a great place for you!
Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Supervise anchors, reporters, photographers, and producers
- Plan news coverage for broadcast and digital platforms in collaboration with the digital content manager
- Review scripts and rundowns
- Maintain newsroom standards and accountability
- Provide feedback to reporters by reviewing scripts and packages
- Provide feedback to producers by reviewing newscasts
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Editorial Leadership: Excellent news judgment, strong writing and storytelling ability, firm grasp of newsroom principles and journalism ethics, and ability to teach best practices to staff.
- Commitment to Urgency: Ability to direct breaking news coverage on all platforms and champion the First Alert weather strategy.
- Digital World: Carry out the digital-first strategy
- People Skills: Ability to guide, support, and inspire producers, anchors, and reporters.
- Motivational Skills: Get the team excited about the product, while holding them accountable
- Content Production Knowledge: Understanding of basic rundown systems (ENPS), VIZ graphics, and editing software
- Superb Communication Skills: Ability to deliver clear decisions and directions in a breaking news situation
- Management Experience: 3+ years of newsroom leadership
If you feel you’re qualified and want to work with a great group of people, go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings (https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings), you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on "apply now", upload your resume, cover letter, and references
(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)
KWQC-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company
Additional Info:
Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Gray’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
Today, we are a growing multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. We are the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 117 full-power television markets that collectively reach approximately 37% of US television households. The portfolio includes 80 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first- and/or second-highest-rated television station in average all-day ratings across 116 of such markets that were measured by Nielsen in 2025. We also own the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 46 markets and Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Our additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios.
About KWQC:
KWQC-TV6 is a dominant NBC affiliate, serving Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois as the Quad Cities' #1 station for news, information, and entertainment programming. KWQC has the most experienced team in the market. Our mission is to keep our viewers safe and informed while guiding them through the ever-evolving digital world. The Quad Cities area is located right on the Mississippi River, just 2.5 hours from Chicago, 2 hours from Des Moines, 4 hours from St. Louis, and 5.5 hours from Minneapolis/St. Paul.
Job Summary/Description:
KWQC is looking for a driven, focused leader who can help guide anchors, producers, and reporters as the next Assistant News Director. This role is for someone who wants to win. The successful candidate is someone with great editorial judgment, the ability to manage day-to-day newsroom operations, coach reporters, and help develop digital strategies. If your goal is to be a news director of the future, KWQC is a great place for you!
Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Supervise anchors, reporters, photographers, and producers
- Plan news coverage for broadcast and digital platforms in collaboration with the digital content manager
- Review scripts and rundowns
- Maintain newsroom standards and accountability
- Provide feedback to reporters by reviewing scripts and packages
- Provide feedback to producers by reviewing newscasts
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Editorial Leadership: Excellent news judgment, strong writing and storytelling ability, firm grasp of newsroom principles and journalism ethics, and ability to teach best practices to staff.
- Commitment to Urgency: Ability to direct breaking news coverage on all platforms and champion the First Alert weather strategy.
- Digital World: Carry out the digital-first strategy
- People Skills: Ability to guide, support, and inspire producers, anchors, and reporters.
- Motivational Skills: Get the team excited about the product, while holding them accountable
- Content Production Knowledge: Understanding of basic rundown systems (ENPS), VIZ graphics, and editing software
- Superb Communication Skills: Ability to deliver clear decisions and directions in a breaking news situation
- Management Experience: 3+ years of newsroom leadership
If you feel you’re qualified and want to work with a great group of people, go to https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings (https://gray.tv/careers#currentopenings), you may type in the job title, station call letters, or click on "apply now", upload your resume, cover letter, and references
(Current employees who are interested in this position can apply through the Gray-TV UltiPro self-service portal)
KWQC-TV/Gray Media is a drug-free company
Additional Info:
Gray Media provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Gray Media complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Gray Media expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Gray’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in assistant news director jobs.
- Five or more years of newsroom experience in a producing or editorial role
- Demonstrated ability to manage and develop a team of reporters and producers
- Experience overseeing daily rundowns, story selection, and broadcast production
- Strong knowledge of FCC regulations and broadcast journalism ethics standards
- Proficiency with newsroom management systems and content management platforms
- Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, or a closely related field
Tips for Your Assistant News Director Job Search
Tailor your resume to news platforms
Highlight direct experience managing editorial teams, overseeing rundowns, and hitting broadcast deadlines. Assistant news director postings consistently reward candidates who name the specific news formats they've led, whether local news, national digital, or talk programming.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists assistant news director openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Demonstrate cross-platform editorial judgment
News directors increasingly expect assistants to manage content across broadcast, web, and social simultaneously. Your resume and cover letter should name specific platforms you've coordinated across and show how you kept editorial voice consistent under time pressure.
Prepare a story selection portfolio
Many interviews ask you to defend past editorial calls, not just describe your workflow. Pull together two or three examples where your news judgment shaped a rundown or story lineup, and be ready to explain the tradeoffs you weighed against time and audience.
Research the outlet's competitive market before interviews
Interviewers for assistant news director roles often test whether you understand the outlet's local or national competition. Know the competing stations or publications in that market, their formats, and where the hiring outlet differentiates before you walk into the room.
Negotiate start date around sweeps periods
Broadcast news operates on ratings sweeps cycles that affect staffing decisions and onboarding flexibility. If you're negotiating your start date, factor in whether the outlet is in or near a sweeps period, since training bandwidth and newsroom attention are thinner then.
Assistant News Director Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most assistant news directors?
Nexstar Media Group, TEGNA, and GRAY MEDIA are hiring the most assistant news directors right now, with openings concentrated in Virginia, Oregon, and New York, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Market size and affiliate network reach tend to drive the highest volume of open roles at any given time.
How many assistant news director jobs are remote?
About 83% of assistant news director openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the hands-on nature of live broadcast coordination. Digital-only outlets and streaming news operations offer the greatest share of remote-eligible roles, while traditional broadcast television positions remain predominantly on-site.
How do you become an assistant news director?
Most assistant news directors start as producers or assignment editors and build toward the role by taking on team leadership responsibilities, filling in for news directors during vacations or illness, and demonstrating editorial judgment under live deadline pressure. Earning visibility across departments, particularly by collaborating with promotions, digital, and station management, accelerates the path considerably.
How do you get hired as an assistant news director with little experience?
Candidates with limited direct management experience get hired by showing clear editorial ownership in past producing roles, such as running a full newscast independently or leading a breaking news coverage decision. Framing your resume around specific decisions you made, rather than tasks you completed, signals readiness for the leadership demands of the role.
What does the assistant news director interview process look like?
Interviews for assistant news director roles typically include an initial conversation with HR or a recruiter, followed by a panel interview with the news director and department heads where you discuss editorial philosophy and past leadership situations. Final-stage candidates are often asked to critique a sample rundown, respond to a simulated breaking news scenario, or present a strategy for a specific coverage challenge.
Where can I find and apply to assistant news director jobs?
You can find and apply to assistant news director jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States in one place. Search for roles that match your experience and market preference, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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